Phoenix Metal Masters

presents

Metal Origami product innovations & concepts

Making impossible possible

From consumer products to automotive, the design possibilities are unlimited.
By Mark Walsh,
Phoenix Designs LLC

Technology

Origami metal processing technology

Our unique patented technology provides many benefits to diverse fields of metal manufacturing and beyond.

"A special new way of preparing metal to create anything you can think of out of metal, simply by folding it. - elegant, simple and without welding. Cars, bikes, building material, furniture - anything is possible with this amazing new technique."

by Michael Tellinger

Whirlpool Design

Flat Pack fold up oven (design for Whirlpool) fold up and assembly sequence.

This method can be applied on wide range of consumer product to reduce the cost while giving more strength.

origami automotive design

Interior design for BMW MM06, made from stainless steel, floor pans are aluminum.
This is a journey through the components that make up the interior of this one of a kind car along with the folding sequence.
All parts were hand folded with some use of folding fixtures to aid in the accuracy.
No welding, most parts self fasten, some minimal use of rivets with some parts that folded back onto themselves
BMW mm06 interior
IP Structure, horizontal beam.
BMW mm06 interior
Dashboard and instrument panel.
BMW mm06 interior
Center tunnel.
BMW mm06 interior
Center console
BMW mm06 interior
Floor panels

This was a one-off car designed to tribute the early race cars from the late 20’s to early 30’s that would race in the 1,000-mile race through Italy called the “Mile Miglia”. It now resides in the auto museum in Munich, Germany.

The whole concept of the car was vintage meets modern and asymmetry.

The interior, hand stitched leather on stainless steel.

Bmw concept 3-series

This was an extreme concept with the initial idea was 2 people dancing.
This design was very complicated as there were surfaces that had to blend with others without the fold lines intersecting. This resulted in multiple facets that would become a single surface.

The other challenge was that the tunnel had to become the left support structure as well.
Attention to detail was in the extreme for this concept.

Bentley concept chassis

This is a scaled version of a chassis designed for Bentley.
This is a scaled version of a
chassis designed for Bentley.
All members of the actual chassis were hand folded and assembled with rivets and a 2-part high bond epoxy glue.

This is the assembled rolling chassis being tested by Bentley.

origami bike frame

Concept and design built with RONIN METAL MASTERS.

http://roninmetalmasters.com/

This is a concept bike frame to be made from .040” T-6 Alum. Flat sheet.
There is no welding, frame parts are assembled using 2-part epoxy and rivets.
The frame only needed a few machine parts to complete it.
The frame is as strong as a welded tube frame, but only weighs 3lbs.

FOLDING origami joist brackets

Concept and design built with Bend A Shed.

http://bendashed.com/

The Origami joist brackets are an easy and affordable way to construct a shed, greenhouse or many other structures with less material, time and effort. Utilizing unique patented technology the brackets are bendable by hand, so just about anyone can build a solid and sturdy structure in much less time than conventional ways.

The patented cross-cut technology allows the brackets to be bent and unbent several times without effecting strength or functionality. The larger angular bracket allows for longer spans and less wood, thus saving both time and money.

The Angled bracket

20 Gauge (.036” thk.) galvanized carbon steel.
Configurable depending on which tabs are bent.

A full wrap around design, which creates a very rigid and accurate junction (designed for 2x6).
Designed with smart alignment features and anti-wood splitting hardware hole patterns.

Angle alignment features ensure the correct angles and lengths without the need for miter cuts.

The T-bracket

20 Gauge (.036” thk) galvanized carbon steel.

A modular design used in edge-to-edge and edge-to-face connections.

Able to fit 2x4 and 2x6 standard lumber sizes.

Designed to strengthen connections and minimize structural racking.

Unlimited Possibilities

The amount of projects that these brackets can
be used on is only limited to the imagination. The images shown here are just some of the examples of what you can do.
We also have building plans on our site for some of these projects as well, see the instructions tab.

One of our future projects is to have structural plans for building homes. This will require special licensing and the creation of brackets for 2x4’s, which we do not have funding for at this time. This is something we would like to be doing soon as this will drastically change the way homes are currently being built.

Future Design Concepts

Origami Chairs

Origami Table

Get in touch with us

info@phoenixmetalmasters.com

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